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Pigeon Pair
Pigeon Pair
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Challenge: Double Take (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Newcastle, NSW Australia
Date: Jun 3, 2007
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2007

 //birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=43
Crested Pigeon
These were on the to of a hill overlooking the ocean so it gave a very blurred background..
Noise Nija, Bumped contrast and saturation (but less sat of reds and greens)
Applied Gaussien Blur to Grass at front.

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 06/15/2007 06:43:09 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Great subjects here, really handsome birds. And a nice setting. I especially like the colors; even though the pigeons are mostly gray, there is enough color to make them really interesting.

The composition isn't bad, but there really needs to be a little more space to the left. There is a nice flow from the right side across the one bird's back and down it's beak to the other bird, and up it's back. But then it goes off the edge of the photo. Some space to the left of the bird would show that there is nothing interesting there, and make the flow stop at the left bird's eye, making that the focal point of the photo.

Another problem with the photo is that the subjects are not in sharp focus. Perhaps the focus was on the grass, which you nicely blurred to keep it from stealing attention. Ideally, the focus would be on the bird's eye. The photo also appears to be slightly oversharpened; there are halos at many of the edges.
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06/10/2007 10:32:28 PM
Nice colors!
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 06/10/2007 09:47:55 PM
Great capture love the colors and clarity.
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 06/07/2007 10:03:15 AM
seems just abit too tightly cropped on the left.
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 06/04/2007 04:00:07 PM
neat pigeons! 7
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 06/04/2007 02:12:22 PM
LOL, they look freaked out!
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 06/04/2007 01:07:47 AM
Nice capture - Nice and crisp.
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